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reba_reads_books's review against another edition
5.0
What an elegant, awe-inspiring book of poetry. Whyte explores the philosophical concepts of home, aloneness, nature, and connectedness. I recommend this book to the lonely as well as the joyfully alone. It teaches the meaning and necessity of solitude. It showed me how solitude can best lead to joyful relationships and overall connections with the natural world. Whyte is using his poetry here as a vessel to understand himself and his surroundings. In turn, his poetry has inspired me (and I'm sure others as well) to do the same.
wkmcconnell's review against another edition
4.0
“They remind me
why
I want to be found by love,
why I want to come alive
in the holiness
of that belonging...”
why
I want to be found by love,
why I want to come alive
in the holiness
of that belonging...”
j_shoes's review against another edition
5.0
It took forty years to discover that I could indeed read, and love poetry for the art that it is.
I never quite understood that there could be so much variety to poetry. That writing so beautiful, and plainly worded was just outside my path of experience.
If you somehow find yourself reading this review, I encourage you to buy yourself a paper copy. This will be something you come back to read again, and again.
I never quite understood that there could be so much variety to poetry. That writing so beautiful, and plainly worded was just outside my path of experience.
If you somehow find yourself reading this review, I encourage you to buy yourself a paper copy. This will be something you come back to read again, and again.
jennicajackson's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
4.25
autumn_dannay's review against another edition
5.0
Loved every poem. Quickly falling in love with Whyte’s work. I will be buying a copy of this book for myself when my 1-Year-Book-Ban is up!
sanfordc11's review against another edition
4.0
"I thought of loneliness,/how it works at the edge/of all experience."
I loved the way that Whyte's poems about belonging - to others, to place, to memory, to the self - are all also poems about loneliness. This collection is beautiful, quiet, affirming.
I loved the way that Whyte's poems about belonging - to others, to place, to memory, to the self - are all also poems about loneliness. This collection is beautiful, quiet, affirming.
bloodruby29's review against another edition
4.0
“If I have no one to turn to
I must claim my aloneness.
If I cannot speak
I must reclaim the prison
of my body.
If I have only darkness
I must claim the night.”
I must claim my aloneness.
If I cannot speak
I must reclaim the prison
of my body.
If I have only darkness
I must claim the night.”
rebeccabateman's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 Stars
How do I explain how I feel about David Whyte without falling into dramatic cliche?
His work is warm. Introspective. Safe, but vulnerable. He looks deep within and so you also look deep within.
I feel better and more patient and loving when I am done with one of his poems.
Sweet Darkness will always be his poem that carries me, but there were many new ones I discovered in this installation that grew my heart a few sizes.
I weep with satisfied calm.
How do I explain how I feel about David Whyte without falling into dramatic cliche?
His work is warm. Introspective. Safe, but vulnerable. He looks deep within and so you also look deep within.
I feel better and more patient and loving when I am done with one of his poems.
Sweet Darkness will always be his poem that carries me, but there were many new ones I discovered in this installation that grew my heart a few sizes.
I weep with satisfied calm.
raychel's review against another edition
5.0
loved this. the first david whyte collection i read was 'everything is waiting for you' and i thought it was great, but this, wow. the final poem had me all